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anting mating queens swarming alates mating flight nuptial flight

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#1381 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 14 2019 - 10:25 AM

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  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Dorymyrmex insanus
Location: El Mirage, California
Date:  9-5-2019
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain day before



#1382 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 14 2019 - 10:27 AM

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Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo, M. mimicus, Pheidole sp., Solenopsis xyloni, Crematogaster sp., Dorymyrmex insanus, D. bicolor
Location: Llano, California
Date:  9-7-2019
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Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain day before



#1383 Offline Gracegarden - Posted September 22 2019 - 9:07 PM

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Species: Manica hunteri

Location: Buena Vista, CO 10,100' elevation

Date:17 Sept 2019 

Time: 4:00 PM

Temperature: 68F

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain: not within past few days


Edited by Gracegarden, September 22 2019 - 9:11 PM.

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#1384 Offline cutiekay55 - Posted September 24 2019 - 8:05 AM

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Anything in Michigan currently? Southwestern Michigan is my location.



#1385 Offline skocko76 - Posted September 26 2019 - 12:09 AM

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Species: Crematogaster scutellaris

Location: Split, Croatia

Date: 25 Sept 2019 

Time: 1:00 PM

Temperature: 75F (24 C)

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain: Large downpour two nights before. Sporadic weak rain for the past 2 days.

 

Single de-alate found.


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#1386 Offline skocko76 - Posted September 29 2019 - 9:27 AM

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Species: Messor wasmanni

Location: Split, Croatia

Date: 26 Sept 2019 

Time: 18:00 PM

Temperature: 75F (24 C)

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain: Large downpour three nights before.

 

Species: Tetramorium semilaeve

Location: Zadar, Croatia

Date: 28 Sept 2019 

Time: 13:00 PM

Temperature: 75F (24 C)

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain:?

 

Species: Lassius sp.

Location: Zadar, Croatia

Date: 28 Sept 2019 

Time: ? PM

Temperature: 75F (24 C)

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain:?

Saw live queens in cobwebs

 

Species: Tetramorium sp (likely semilaeve)

Location: Split, Croatia

Date: 29 Sept 2019 

Time: 13:00 PM

Temperature: 75F (24 C)

Humidity:

Wind: none

Rain: large downpour four nights ago, sporadic weak rain since

A large drone flight. Couldn't spot queens


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#1387 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted October 6 2019 - 7:15 AM

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Isn’t it nice when you have to go backwards through all of the pages to actually see the chart!?!?!?!

#1388 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 6 2019 - 10:01 AM

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Isn’t it nice when you have to go backwards through all of the pages to actually see the chart!?!?!?!

 

That's because it knows you already read those pages. Simply click the << to go to the first page of the thread.


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#1389 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 6 2019 - 11:02 PM

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Species: Pheidole xerophilla, Solenopsis xyloni, Acromyrmex versicolor, Cyphomyrmex sp.
Location: Chiriaco Summit, California
Date:  9-28-2019
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain two days before

 

Species: Camponotus fragilis
Location: Chiriaco Summit, California
Date:  9-28-2019
Time: 4:00 AM
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain two days before

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Location: Chiriaco Summit, California
Date:  9-28-2019
Time: 5:00 PM
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain two days before

 

Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, M. navajo, M. yuma, Pheidole xerophilla, Solenopsis xyloni, Acromyrmex versicolor
Location: Summit Road, 8 miles southeast of Chiriaco Summit, California
Date:  9-28-2019
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Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain two days before



#1390 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 7 2019 - 5:50 AM

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How many xyloni queens do you have now? It seems like they fly every time

Edited by Manitobant, October 7 2019 - 5:50 AM.


#1391 Offline skocko76 - Posted October 11 2019 - 12:15 AM

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Drone flight mostly, but a few queens were spotted as well

Species: Crematogaster scutellaris
Location: Split, Croatia
Date:  10 Oct 2019.
Time: 13:00-19:00
Temperature: 75 F (24 C)
Humidity:
Wind: None
Rain: Rain two days before


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#1392 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 15 2019 - 7:40 PM

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Species: Gnamptogenys triangularis

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: October 15, 2019

Time: 4:00 PM

Temperature: 84F

Humidity: 76%

Wind: 9 mph

Rain: 1-2 days prior; first rains to happen after a 5-week period of drought

 

Second year in a row finding a queen of this species. Quite possible they're expanding their range through my area.

 

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#1393 Offline Broncos - Posted October 16 2019 - 5:53 PM

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Hey drew i love this chart! Although brachymyrmex patagonicus flies mostly in July (I'm in orange CA)


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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius

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#1394 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted October 19 2019 - 7:00 AM

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Isn’t it nice when you have to go backwards through all of the pages to actually see the chart!?!?!?!


That's because it knows you already read those pages. Simply click the << to go to the first page of the thread.
sorry I reacted like that, but I am on mobile and I can’t do that.

#1395 Offline Aaron567 - Posted November 22 2019 - 2:48 PM

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Species: Crematogaster cf. ashmeadi

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Date: November 22, 2019

Time:

Temperature: 77F

Humidity: 75%

Wind: 4 mph

Rain: Less than one week prior



#1396 Offline Aaron567 - Posted November 29 2019 - 9:28 PM

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Species: Lasius claviger
Location: Helen, Georgia
Date: November 29, 2019
Time: 3:00 PM
Temperature: 65F
Humidity: 43%
Wind: 5 mph
Rain: 2 days prior

Complete nuptial flight with queens and males present.

#1397 Offline skocko76 - Posted February 23 2020 - 7:36 AM

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Species: Crematogaster scutellaris, single dealate, possibly nest reject

Location: Split, Croatia

Date:  2-23-2020

Time:8:30 am

Temperature: 12 C

Humidity:

Wind: weak NE wind

Rain: just cloudy, no rain

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#1398 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted February 26 2020 - 5:31 PM

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Species: Dorymyrmex insanus
Location: Temecula, California
Date: 2-1-2019
Time:
Temperature: 79
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: None

 

Species: Dorymyrmex insanus

Location: Temecula, California
Date: 2-24-2019
Time:
Temperature: 75
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: Rain 2 days before



#1399 Offline dspdrew - Posted February 26 2020 - 7:43 PM

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Species: Veromessor pergandei
Location: Moreno Valley, California
Date:  2-25-2020
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: Light wind
Rain: Recent rain

 

Species: Myrmecocystus testaceus
Location: Cleveland National Forest, Lake Elsinore, California
Date:  2-25-2020
Time:
Temperature:
Humidity:
Wind: Light wind
Rain: Recent rain

 

Just adding what I heard about. I wish more people would report these here. This is where the data in the chart comes from.


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#1400 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted February 27 2020 - 5:39 PM

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Species: Dorymyrmex bicolor

Location: Temecula, California
Date: 2-27-2019
Time: not sure but some time between 1-5 PM
Temperature: 83
Humidity:
Wind:
Rain: Rain 5 days before


Edited by Somethinghmm, February 27 2020 - 7:19 PM.






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